Optical absorption in a finite three-dimensional photonic crystal thin film solar cell

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 920-926

  Yip, Chan Hoe ^a   Chiang, Yet Ming ^b   Wong, Chee Cheong ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRYSTAL FILMS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INVERSE OPAL; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; ORDERED STRUCTURES; SPATIAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TIO;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955703100     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000920     Document Type: Article

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